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Acronema gracile S. L. Liou et Shan

细梗丝瓣芹

Description from Flora of China

Plants 18–40 cm. Root tuberous, ovoid, 5–7 mm across. Stem ribbed, slightly branched. Basal leaves petiolate, petioles 7–13 cm, sheaths small; blade triangular, 4–5.5 × 5–6 cm, 1–2-ternate-pinnate; pinnae broad-triangular, 2–4 × 1.5–3.5 cm, 3-lobed or entire, petiolules 1–1.8 cm; ultimate segments obovate, base cuneate, cuspidate-serrate distally, scabrous along nerves adaxially. Umbels 2.2–3.4 cm across; peduncles slender; bracts and bracteoles absent; rays 5–6, 1–1.5 cm, very unequal; umbellules 6–7 mm across, 4–7-flowered; pedicels 1.6–3.5 mm, slender, unequal. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals purple-red, broad-ovate, 3–3.5 × ca. 1 mm; apex linear, 2–2.5 mm, glandular-pubescent. Mature fruit unknown. Fl. Jul.

This poorly known taxon is recorded only from a few collections.

Forested ravines; 3300–3800 m. Xizang.


 

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